Hales Barton, Guelph

Hales Barton spreads along Stone Road East and Gordon Street, beside the University of Guelph Arboretum and its gardens and woodland trails. Its streets range from established crescents to homes built in the last few years, with Jubilee Park and Macalister Park close to home. At its heart, the Village by the Arboretum is a village in the truest sense: a gated 55+ community with the Arboretum's gardens right next door, where the pace is gentler and the calendar is somehow always full.

The 2021 census counted about 2,500 homes in Hales Barton. About six in ten are single detached houses, and about a quarter are row houses. About four in ten homes were built between 1981 and 2000, and about four in ten between 2011 and 2021, with about three in ten built between 2016 and 2021 alone.

Guelph Transit's 1 Edinburgh College, 2 College Edinburgh, 5 Goodwin, 6 Ironwood, 7 Niska, 15 College, 17 Woodlawn Watson, 18 Watson Woodlawn and 99 Mainline routes serve the neighbourhood's edges, with the university routes during the school year. The University Centre bus platforms are about 1.6 km away. Stone Road East, Gordon Street and Arkell Road are the main streets.

Macalister Park has a playground and a soccer field, and Jubilee Park has a playground, tennis courts and a splash pad. Mayfield Park and Bathgate Drive Park have playgrounds, and Mkinaak Donjibaa Park and Robin Road Park add green space. The University of Guelph Arboretum, next door, keeps gardens and trails open to the public. Two Rivers Secondary School and École Arbour Vista Public School are both in the neighbourhood.

• Rickson Ridge Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for most of Hales Barton.
• Priory Park Public School — JK to Grade 6. The public school for the Village by the Arboretum streets.
• Jean Little Public School — Grades 7 and 8. The public middle school for the Priory Park streets.
• Two Rivers Secondary School — Grades 9 and 10. The public secondary school for Grades 9 and 10 in 2026/27, on Arkell Road.
• Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute — Grades 11 and 12. The public secondary school for Grades 11 and 12 in 2026/27, on College Avenue West.
• École Arbour Vista Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public French immersion school.
• John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school for French immersion students.
• St. Michael Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school.
• Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School — Grades 9 to 12. The Catholic secondary school for the south end.